How To Properly Blow In Attic Insulation

Raise the floor to create storage space.

How to properly blow in attic insulation.

Blown in insulation in the attic seal attic bypasses. Use your gloved hands to place the insulation into the bags. Fill your space with insulation. Fasten blocking around the hatch or door to allow the material to be installed around this area without escaping.

If you plan on using the attic for storage you will need to raise the floor up before adding a second layer of insulation. Blowing insulation is usually a 2 person job one person puts the insulation into the machine and the other person holds the hose and directs the flow of insulation. Pull back the existing insulation and use expanding spray foam the fire blocking type to seal any. Pull the existing insulation away from the roof.

Blown insulation both cellulose and fiberglass comes in bags and is available at most home and hardware stores. Because the fill is light be careful not to blow away areas you ve already filled. Step 1 gather your equipment. Start blowing the fill into the area farthest from the hatch door.

Install or repair vent chutes. To install blown in insulation in existing walls holes are drilled at the top of each stud space usually on the exterior and material is blown in via a long flexible hose. You can do it by yourself by loading up the machine and running extension cords into the attic to turn the machine on and off. Gather the loose fill insulation regardless of type into plastic trash bags.

Connect the hose to the insulation machine. 2 squeeze the bags to remove excess air and then secure. To make it easy to eyeball how level the material is as you blow it in screw depth guides to joists throughout the space. The hole is then.

You should also be able to rent a machine to blow the insulation along with 3 inch hoses to carry it up to the attic at the same store. Position the new vent chute so the. Then feed 1 2 a.